[Re-Entry] From US to Canada - URGENT HELP

[Micbm]

Hi everyone,
Thankfully I have received my CoPR, right now me and my wife live in Canada but my wife will need to visit the US twice.

Next week she has an urgent interview in New Jersey and another one in the beginning of December, if she does the landing when she returns next week, there will not be enough time to receive the PR card.

We have a valid WORK PERMIT,

1) Does anybody has ever re-entried Canada through AIRPORT from USA just using Work Permit?
2) Is there enough time to request a TRV?

Any advice is highly appreciated!!

Cheers
Micbm

 

[scylla]

1) The work permit will no longer be valid once you've landed and become a PR.
2) You won't be able to apply for a TRV once you are a PR.

If you are flying and have a non-visa exempt passport, then you need either a valid PR card or a Travel Document to return. You can only apply for the Travel Document from outside of Canada and it typically takes about a week to process (a TD is good for one re-entry).

Your wife can re-enter Canada via a land border using only her COPR provided she enters in a private vehicle.

 

[SAJ_ee2015]

Hi everyone,
Thankfully I have received my CoPR, right now me and my wife live in Canada but my wife will need to visit the US twice.

Next week she has an urgent interview in New Jersey and another one in the beginning of December, if she does the landing when she returns next week, there will not be enough time to receive the PR card.

We have a valid WORK PERMIT,

1) Does anybody has ever re-entried Canada through AIRPORT from USA just using Work Permit?
2) Is there enough time to request a TRV?

Any advice is highly appreciated!!

Cheers
Micbm

If I understand correctly, you and your wife have received CoPR already. So why do you worry about work permit and TRV now? You can do landing next week itself. And for the next trip and re-entry to Canada after that, you don't need to show PR card to them, just CoPR is enough. By the way, PR card is a must to re-enter Canada for all permanent residents from next March.

 

[scylla]

If I understand correctly, you and your wife have received CoPR already. So why do you worry about work permit and TRV now? You can do landing next week itself. And for the next trip and re-entry to Canada after that, you don't need to show PR card to them, just CoPR is enough. By the way, PR card is a must to re-enter Canada for all permanent residents from next March.

The COPR is NOT enough if she is flying and holds a non-visa exempt passport. If she is flying and holds a non-visa exempt passport, then she will need either a PR card or travel document to board the plane. So the important question is: Does she hold a visa exempt or non-visa exempt passport?

 

[Micbm]

1) The work permit will no longer be valid once you've landed and become a PR.
2) You won't be able to apply for a TRV once you are a PR.

If you are flying and have a non-visa exempt passport, then you need either a valid PR card or a Travel Document to return. You can only apply for the Travel Document from outside of Canada and it typically takes about a week to process (a TD is good for one re-entry).

Your wife can re-enter Canada via a land border using only her COPR provided she enters in a private vehicle.

Hi Scylla, thanks very much!
- Can she re-enter through Airport just using the COPR?
- The car must be owned or can be rented?

If I understand correctly, you and your wife have received CoPR already. So why do you worry about work permit and TRV now? You can do landing next week itself. And for the next trip and re-entry to Canada after that, you don't need to show PR card to them, just CoPR is enough. By the way, PR card is a must to re-enter Canada for all permanent residents from next March.

Thanks SAJ_ee2015. Is it possible to re-entry just using COPR?

 

[SAJ_ee2015]

The COPR is NOT enough if she is flying and holds a non-visa exempt passport. If she is flying and holds a non-visa exempt passport, then she will need either a PR card or travel document to board the plane. So the important question is: Does she hold a visa exempt or non-visa exempt passport?

oh ok...Thanks for the info. I didn't know that.

@micbm: you can get more info from following link: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?q=748&t=22

 

[Micbm]

The COPR is NOT enough if she is flying and holds a non-visa exempt passport. If she is flying and holds a non-visa exempt passport, then she will need either a PR card or travel document to board the plane. So the important question is: Does she hold a visa exempt or non-visa exempt passport?

She does not. She requires a TRV.

 

[scylla]

Hi Scylla, thanks very much!
- Can she re-enter through Airport just using the COPR?
- The car must be owned or can be rented?

Again - no. She cannot fly from the US to Canada using the COPR alone. She needs either a PR card or a Travel Document.

With only the COPR, her only option is to cross back into Canada by land. The car can either be owned or rented. She cannot take the bus or train.

 

[Micbm]

Again - no. She cannot fly from the US to Canada using the COPR alone. She needs either a PR card or a Travel Document.

With only the COPR, her only option is to cross back into Canada by land. The car can either be owned or rented. She cannot take the bus or train.

Thanks for clarification!!! Much appreciated. We will do it by car, then.

Cheers!

 

[Phil89]

The COPR is NOT enough if she is flying and holds a non-visa exempt passport. If she is flying and holds a non-visa exempt passport, then she will need either a PR card or travel document to board the plane. So the important question is: Does she hold a visa exempt or non-visa exempt passport?

You are wrong. What difference does it make if its visa-exempt or non-exemt?? He clearly said that his wife is going to the US, AND as along as she has a work permit, she can return back to Canada using her passport and work permit, no need for TRV.

Here is what CBSA website says:
'Persons who have entered Canada as temporary residents, students or temporary workers with single-entry visas may return to Canada after visiting a contiguous territory (the United States or Saint-Pierre and Miquelon) without obtaining a new visa, provided the return is within the period of entry authorized, or where no specific period is indicated, within six months of the original entry stamp.'

 

[anarsoul]

You are wrong. What difference does it make if its visa-exempt or non-exemt?? He clearly said that his wife is going to the US, AND as along as she has a work permit, she can return back to Canada using her passport and work permit, no need for TRV.

Work permit does not authorize re-entry. Usually it has "THIS DOES NOT AUTHORIZE RE-ENTRY" label.
And anyway after landing WP is not valid anymore.

 

[Phil89]

Work permit does not authorize re-entry. Usually it has "THIS DOES NOT AUTHORIZE RE-ENTRY" label.
And anyway after landing WP is not valid anymore.

Are you stupid or what?

Read twice what Canada Border Services Agency website says!!
"Persons who have entered Canada as temporary residents, students or temporary workers with single-entry visas may return to Canada after visiting a contiguous territory (the United States or Saint-Pierre and Miquelon) without obtaining a new visa, provided the return is within the period of entry authorized, or where no specific period is indicated, within six months of the original entry stamp."

I even called them to confirm this! This is just another proof that you cannot trust whatever people say on here. Always read the official source.

 

[Micbm]

Hi guys,
Thanks for all the info... I did some deeper digging.

You can re-entry from US or Miquelon without a TRV - that is TRUE.
What they do not tell you is that the companies that operates the flights, trains, buses, they pay a very HIGH penalty fee if they bring someone to the country without a valid VISA. Therefore, you need to drive your own(or rented) car to the border, because the travel agents will not allow you to get on board of the plane/train/bus without a valid visa. And work permit/COPR are not considered visas.

If you make it to the border, the immigration agents will let in with work permit/copr.

Hope that clarifies any question